Chapter 540 Listening Policy

Lightning and thunder!

This is the topic in May 1915. With the declaration of war on the United States, the world's first economic power, to the Allies, the whole world was scalded. The powerful American capital began to exert its strength, and its sudden rise brought an unusual follow-up effect.

Italy and Romania are the best embodiment. If it hadn't been for the declaration of war by the United States, the two countries might have continued to wait and see, but the emergence of the United States made them see the hope of victory in an attempt to share post-war interests.

William II and Emperor Franz can't wait any longer. They sent telegrams to Xinhua one after another, trying to pull the only huge country that is still waiting into the war circle. At this moment, many people in the senior management of Xinhua have realized that it is impossible for Xinhua to be alone, because it is no longer the emperor's. People's will is expelled, but the oppression of the external environment of reality.

Because the Suez Canal and the Strait of Hormuz were interrupted!

The former is the main channel connecting Eurasia, and the latter is the key strait for Xinhua to exert influence on the Persian region. As expected before, their loss makes it impossible for Xinhua to profit from the war. With the passage of time, the pre-war expanded factories will lose orders, and the channels of goods will be cut off. The unemployment rate will definitely start to increase, all of which is brought by the United States!

Blocking the Suez Canal will certainly not be the attention of Europe, because it is extremely critical for Europe to obtain cheap material supplements. However, with the participation of the United States in the war, the exclusive interests of war by the United States must be Wilson's requirement. Joining the Allies means that the United States has lost the market of the Allies. If we continue to If Xinhua continues to compete, it will not be able to let American capitalists get all the benefits, and there will be no way to persuade the country to join the war.

This is the reality!

In front of everyone is a huge dilemma. As Li Mo expected before, this war will become a big reshuffle in Europe. As long as the United States participates in the war, it is impossible for any bystander to get the benefits of the war. The United States is not a fool. On the contrary, he is very smart and greedy, taking advantage of the war. Strive to stuff all profits into their pockets, allowing Britain and France to blockade the Suez and Hormuz Straits, and completely abandon the competitor Xinhua from the high war profits.

It can be imagined that if Xinhua does not participate in the war, Germany and the alliance will quickly disintegrate, the United States will grow to an unprecedented level, and the pace and process of the war will end quickly. In the future, Xinhua will face the whole European white world alone!

This is a situation that Li Mo will never allow!

Xinhua can't single-handedly challenge the world and will not do so. If it continues to be a shrinking turtle, then Xinhua's future will be countless times more difficult. Therefore, Li Mo needs a divided Europe and a divided white world. Only in this way can he win time for development and growth.

"Your Majesty, William II sent another telegram, saying that if you are willing to participate in the war, you will give up the interests of Canada and the United States after the war. In addition, if we attack Russia, the east of the Ural Mountains will belong to our country!"

"Hehe, it's a big promise." After listening to Zhang Zuolin's report, Rong Kui laughed. William II's empty check was really timely and almost sent everything Xinhua wanted, but is this enough?

"Reply, again, we need the command of the alliance!" Li Mo waved his hand to Zhang Zuolin.

Li Mo's words made the corners of everyone's mouths up. It was worthy of the emperor. At a glance, he saw what Xinhua needed most, that is, the military command that could mobilize the alliance!

Obtaining this right means that Xinhua will be on an equal footing with Germany in this war, rather than obeying the arrangements of the German General Staff like the other three countries, so this is very important. If it cannot be obtained, it means that Xinhua may fall into the passive of a solitary battle at a critical moment!

This is a vital right, which represents whether the Xinhua General Staff controls the situation or the German General Staff at the helm. Although it was only on an equal footing at the beginning, as the war deepens, there will be a slight division within the two staffs in the alliance. This division does not matter in the wartime, because at this time All countries need to win, but it is extremely critical after the war, which means that even if the Allies win the war in the end, there will be differences in the future.

The disagreement may not be very fierce, but this subtle division is urgently needed by Li Mo, because then Europe will continue to maintain balance, not a dominant family!

Long Guozhang just got two Guam-class cigars with cigars in his arms. He was in a good mood and joked, "Yuanshou, look at the emperor. Is this helping you seize the overall situation? If you let Little Mauge (Paris victory, Little Mauch has not been dismissed as in history) suppress it, then we will be the first to kick you out of the stage.

"Well, you will do it when he step down." Li Mo replied with a smile.

"No, Your Majesty, I, Lao Long, know my own affairs. I'm tired of the navy and my hair is gray. If I'm in charge of the General Staff, then our mother-in-law won't nagging to death." Long Guozhang quickly waved his hand.

"Get out of here!"

Li Mo kicked the noisy guy, looked at Chen Ping and asked, "Yuanshou, if you start, where will you hit first?"

"Southeast!"

"Oh?" Li Mo's eyes lit up. Before she could speak, Tang Shaoyi was surprised first. It should be said that Russia should be solved quickly, force Nicholas II to withdraw from the war, support Lenin to come to power, and open up the Asia-Europe railway line. How could he hit the southeast peninsula first?

Chen Ping looked at the crowd with a smile, walked to the map, picked up the baton and pointed to it and said, "From the perspective of geographical location, France belongs to the Indian branch, which is our great threat. This is not to say how strong their combat effectiveness is. Although Britain and France have organized 200,000 pseudo-armies here, their combat effectiveness is very poor. The reason why I want to take action here, It's because it's too big here!"

After drawing a circle on the Southeast Peninsula, Chen Ping's eyes were clear and said fiercely, "There are nearly 700,000 square kilometers in French Indochina, with a population of tens of millions. Although the little boy was forced to join the treaty, it provided us with an opportunity to dismember the Southeast Peninsula. In my opinion, if we want to be sure To protect Asia's hegemony from being challenged, and to ensure that Europe and the United States can't find any allies around us in the future, the best way is to dismember them like Japan!

As long as the Southeast Peninsula is dismembered and divided into several or even dozens of small countries, no matter what happens in the future, Europe and the United States will not find an ally that can contain us in Asia!

To hit the southeast, the biggest advantage is that we can be connected to Siam. Our railway has built the Myanmar border before. As long as this main road is quickly opened, the army can bypass the plateau and enter India!

In addition to these factors, another reason is that Germany still has strength, so we still need Nicholas II to help us release a little blood from him. As long as we can fight on the Eastern Front even for half a year, Germany will lose at least 100,000 troops, so they must rely more on us!"

"But what about Li Tianhe's Second Marine Division? He only has half a division now. I'm afraid 10,000 people can't withstand Britain and France's attack on Mesopotamia, right? Zhao Long asked.

"It doesn't work." Chen Ping nodded: "But don't forget that it is not us who are the most urgent to lose Kuwait, but the Ottomans, so the Ottomans will definitely send more troops there, so that we can not only take over part of the command of the Ottoman army and not let Germany dominate there, but also use their strength to defend."

"And we still have a force there, about 5,000 people, which was secretly arranged by the emperor ten years ago."

"Ten years ago!" Everyone present took a breath of cold air and looked at Li Mo in horror. Unexpectedly, he saw the shortcomings of that area ten years ago. He secretly arranged his strength. Rong Kui immediately asked, "Where is it?"

"Here." Chen Ping pointed to Italian East Africa (present-day Somalia): "Ten years ago, we collected the Nanyang pirates and asked them to build a camp here under the pretext of business. Since the second half of last year, we have sent a reading regiment of the Marine Corps one after another, plus those Nanyang pirates' own armed forces, with eight About a thousand people, they are all light infantry, so as long as they pass through the strait quickly, they can directly into Hanzhi, and after entering, there will be someone to take them to Greater Kuwait. According to our calculations, they can arrive in half a month at most.

"Before, we hoarded ammunition in Basra that could be used by 50,000 troops for two years, so we are not afraid of consumption!"

"What about Colombia? What about the United States? Rong Yu asked.

"The first Marine Division has all arrived in Colombia, and Ecuador has promised to allow us to cross the border. I have made a plan that the first two infantry divisions of Japan and North Korea will enter Ecuador in the name of training at the beginning of next month, and then enter Colombia by land from there."

"If there is a war, then the First Fleet of the Navy will take on the responsibility of sending an army division again!"

"Eighty thousand people are all light infantry. It should be okay to defend them, but they can't attack, right?"

"Yes, it is impossible to attack the Panama Canal by four divisions, so I didn't think about attacking, and the local environment is harsh and not suitable for large-scale attacks, so it is a plan we have already planned to let the canal be controlled by the United States for the time being."

"Isn't this much more pressure on the navy? The ties between the east and west coasts of the United States and Australia have not been interrupted!" Tang Shaoyi asked.

"Ha ha, Prime Minister, don't worry, I'm waiting for their support!" Long Guozhang narrowed his eyes and flashed by, which made everyone understand that the navy was deliberately letting go of a big gap and let the United States [***] ship drill in it!

"So what we have to do is to block the British, American and Australian coalition forces in Australia first, and in addition, we will try our best to defend in Panama and Greater Kuwait, with the Southeast Peninsula as the main attack point. As for the navy, hehe." Chen Ping put down the baton and smiled: "There are only two words, consumption!"

"What about the Air Force?"

"Yuanshou, you won't forget the Air Force, will you?"

"The air force mainly cooperates with the army to attack the Southeast Peninsula, defending major overseas bases and Northwest Australia, and others." At this point, Chen Ping spread out and smiled bitterly.

"I can't find a suitable opponent for them!"

"Haha."

(to be continued)